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High Falls

North Carolina · height not recorded · Dupont State Recreational Forest · Last verified 2026-05-15

Flow at High Falls is 68 cfs today, around its seasonal average.

Right now

Streamflow

68 cfs

MIDDLE SALUDA RIVER NEAR · 32m ago

Overnight

65°F

Mostly Cloudy

Saturday

86°F

Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Today's daylight

Sunrise 6:15 AM · Sunset 8:45 PM · 14h 30m

AQI: 20 (Good) · PM2.5 3.4 µg/m³

Snapshot built 8m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS GSP.

High Falls, a waterfall in North Carolina
Photo: Seth Taylor, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

High Falls is a waterfall in Transylvania County, North Carolina. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.

Is the water flowing right now?

Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.

30-day streamflow

Near 30-day average
2026-05-14 · low 17 cfstoday 47.7 cfs · avg 48.5 cfs

↻ Same date last year: 55.9 cfs · 85% of last year — similar

Compare to nearby falls

If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.

WaterfallDistanceHeightTrailDogsFee
High Falls (this page)
Grassy Creek Falls0 mi
Triple Falls0 mi
Hooker Falls1 mi
Bridal Veil Falls1 mi
Jenn's Falls2 mi

Questions visitors ask about High Falls

Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.

Is High Falls in a national or state park?

Yes — High Falls is inside Dupont State Recreational Forest. We inferred this from OpenStreetMap protected-area polygons; if you find we got the boundary wrong, please report it. See the park page for fees, hours, and current conditions.

How far is High Falls from a major city?

High Falls is 6 miles from Caesars Head (about 8 minutes' drive).

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Where it is

35.1927, -82.6136

Sources and live status

Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.

    Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15

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